Jane Jefferson (1740 - 1765)

Born 27 Jun 1740 in Fine Creek, Powhatan County, Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 1 Oct 1765 at age 25 in Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia

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Biography

"On October 1, 1765, when [Thomas] Jefferson was 22, his oldest sister Jane died at the age of 25^[1]. He fell into a period of deep mourning, as he was already saddened by the absence of his sisters Mary, who had been married several years to John Bolling III,^[2] and Martha, who in July had wed Dabney Carr^[1]."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Henry Stephens Randall, The Life of Thomas Jefferson. p. 41
2. ↑ Virginia Historical Society "The Virginia magazine of history and biography". P. 331 Link is here

• Malone, Dumas. Jefferson the Virginian. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1948. See Appendix IC, "Children of Peter Jefferson (Feb. 29, 1707/08-Aug. 17, 1757), and Jane Randolph (February, 1720-Mar. 31, 1776)."

• Web Page Author: Brian Tompsett, Data Author: Funk&Wagnall's "The Presidents", Genealogy of the US Presidents, web page, (http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/presidents/, Version: 23 Apr 96), "Electronic."